A Behind the Scenes Look at Making a Documentary

And The Winner Is….

The Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary

For the first time, out of a selection of 10 finalists, the Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian
Documentary awarded a generous cash prize of $10,000 to acknowledge excellence in documentary
production. The winner of the Documentary Australia Foundation Award went to 35 Letters.

“The winning documentary is an inventive and deeply moving account of 31-year-old Melbourne writer
Angelique Flowers, who is given only months to live, and the different ways in which she and her family face
her impending death,” said DAF Award for Australian Documentary Jury Member Dr Mitzi Goldman.

“Unflinchingly, this film shows us Angelique’s desperate search for a way to die with dignity – one made all the
more difficult by her parents opposing belief that she should die as God intended, and her sibling’s
determination to help her die as she chooses, even though it is against the law. Dealing with difficult subject
matter that is universal in its urgency and relevance, the film tells a very personal story in an artistic and
honest style that delicately balances personal suffering with the larger ethical and moral questions posed by voluntary euthanasia. This is a brave and confronting attempt to bring a subject rarely discussed in Australia
back into the public arena.” (extract of media release from Sydney Film Festival)